EMLyon dean Philippe Courtier leaves the school after a year

By Della Bradshaw

Philippe Courtier will be leaving the French business school EMLyon this summer after just a year as president (dean). The school says Prof Courtier is leaving for personal reasons.

Prof Courtier, a meteorologist and previously director of a Paris engineering school, took over at EMLyon following the departure of Patrick Molle, who left because of disagreements with the faculty. Prof Molle was president at the school for 16 years and is now Director General of France Business School, a partnership between schools in Amiens, Brest, Clermont-Ferrand, Poitiers and Tours.

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Prof Courtier is not the only dean of a French grand école to leave after just a year in office. In May this year Jacques Igalens, a human resources specialist, replaced Pierre Dreux as director (dean) of Toulouse Business School. Prof Dreux, a specialist in nuclear physics, became director at Toulouse in June 2012 following a stint as director of an engineering school in Lyon.